MEMBER:  VFW POST 6785 (KENT MERIDIAN)    LEVEL: LEGACY LIFE MEMBER /GOLD

VFW QUAL: US ARMY 1972-1979–ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY SERVICE MDL , KOREAN SERVICE MDL

               CURRENT VFW DISTRICT & POST OFFICER ASSIGNMENT:

DISTRICT 11 COMMANDER (2^ND TERM)

POST COMMANDER 6785 (3^RD TERM)

POST HONOR GUARD (TAHOMA NATIONAL MONTHLY *) 2014-PRESENT

POST VA HOSPITAL VISITATION & BINGO SERVICE (MONTHLY-2^ND SUNDAY AFTERNOON)

(HONOR FLIGHT NW  SEND OFF & GREET (4X A ANNUAL PERIOD) WW2/KOREA/VIETNAM (SEA-TAC)

               PAST ASSIGNMENTS:

POST JR. VICE COMMANDER (2 TERMS), POST SURGEON, DISTRICT 11 SR. VICE COMMANDER.

               ACHIEVEMENT/HONOR: 

ALL AMERICAN POST COMMANDER (2016-2017)-MY POST ACHIEVED THIS  WITH OUTSTANDING EFFORT!

ALL STATE POST COMMANDER (2 AWARDS)—MY POST ACHIEVED THIS WITH OUTSTANDING EFFORT!

 2016-2017-2018

NATIONAL AIDE-DE-CAMP (2017-2018)

MILITARY ORDER OF THE COOTIE

               CIVIC SERVICE:

1. 4A VARSITY COACH FOOTBALL—KENTRIDGE HS –22 YEARS-ACTIVE
2. 4A VARSITY COACH TRACK (CO-ED) KENTRIDGE HS -20 YEARS-ACTIVE
3. CHURCH MISSION TO ST. MARYS , OMAK SERVING ELDERLY VETERANS ANNUAL (JULY)
4. 33^RD LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT CHAIRMAN , 4 TERMS.

               EMPLOYED:  THE BOEING COMPANY—39 YEARS—ACTIVE

 

               WHAT IN PART SHOULD THE DEPARTMENT SURGEON DO?

WE WHO ARE CALLED TO SERVE VETERANS AND PROVIDE AID AND COMFORT, STAND GUARD OVER THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF ALL VETERAN COMRADES.    ARMED WITH UNDERSTANDING OF THE MYRIAD OF VETERANS ISSUE, THEIR PLIGHT, THEIR PAIN AND THEIR NEED WE IN THE VFW WILL NOT FAIL THEM.    WE DO THIS WITH AN ABIDING CHEER; DEDICATION TO THE PREMISE THAT ALL VETERANS DESERVE AN ADVOCATE ARMED WITH CHARITY OF HEART & STEADFAST DETERMINATION THEY WILL NOT GO UNHELPED, UNAIDED, UNSERVED WITHIN THEIR SIGHT.  WE MUST ALWAYS STRIVE FOR THIS TO BE OUR GOAL, THE END TO ALL WE DO ON BEHALF OF ALL VETERANS.   

 “IT IS VETERANS WE SERVE !! “